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1 Kings 7:10

The foundation was made of large, costly stones twelve and fifteen feet long.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Palace;   Solomon;   Stones;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jerusalem;   Solomon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Esarhaddon;   Palace;   Solomon;   Wall;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Palace;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Art and Aesthetics;   Persecution in the Bible;   Stone;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Lily;   Palace;   Temple;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Pillar;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Architecture;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Court of the Sanctuary;   King;   Palace;   Phoenicia;   Solomon;   Temple;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Palace;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
King James Version
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
English Standard Version
The foundation was of costly stones, huge stones, stones of eight and ten cubits.
New Century Version
The foundations were made with large blocks of fine stone, some as long as fifteen feet. Others were twelve feet long.
New English Translation
The foundation was made of large valuable stones, measuring either 15 feet or 12 feet.
Amplified Bible
The foundation was of expensive stones, large stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.
New American Standard Bible
And the foundation was of valuable stones, large stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the foundation was of costly stones, and great stones, euen of stones of ten cubites, and stones of eight cubites.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the foundation was of precious stones, even large stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.
Contemporary English Version
The foundation stones were huge, good stones—some of them fifteen feet long and others twelve feet long.
Complete Jewish Bible
The foundation was of expensive stone blocks, very large ones — stones fourteen to eighteen feet long.
Darby Translation
And the foundations were of costly stones, great stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.
Easy-to-Read Version
The foundations were made with large, expensive stones. Some of the stones were 10 cubits long and the others were 8 cubits long.
George Lamsa Translation
And the foundation was of great and costly stones, some of ten cubits and some of eight cubits.
Good News Translation
The foundations were made of large stones prepared at the quarry, some of them twelve feet long and others fifteen feet long.
Lexham English Bible
The foundation was of precious stones, and large stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits
Literal Translation
And the foundation was of costly stones, huge stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for the foundacions, they were costly and greate stones, ten and eighte cubites greate:
American Standard Version
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
Bible in Basic English
And the base was of great masses of highly priced stone, some ten cubits and some eight cubits square.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the foundation was layde vpon rich stones, and that very great stones, whereof some were ten cubites, and some eyght cubites.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
King James Version (1611)
And the foundation was of costly stones, euen great stones; stones of ten cubites, and stones of eight cubites.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
founded with large costly stones, stones of ten cubits and eight cubits long.
English Revised Version
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
Berean Standard Bible
The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some eight cubits and some ten cubits in length.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli the foundementis weren of preciouse stoonys, grete stoonys of ten, ethir of eiyte cubitis;
Young's Literal Translation
And the foundation [is] of precious stone, great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits;
Update Bible Version
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the foundation [was of] costly stones, even great stones; stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
World English Bible
The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
New King James Version
The foundation was of costly stones, large stones, some ten cubits and some eight cubits.
New Living Translation
Some of the huge foundation stones were 15 feet long, and some were 12 feet long.
New Life Bible
The base of the building was made with large stones of much worth. The stones were as long as five long steps, and four long steps.
New Revised Standard
The foundation was of costly stones, huge stones, stones of eight and ten cubits.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the foundation, was of costly stones, large stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the foundations were of costly stones, great stones of ten cubits or eight cubits.
Revised Standard Version
The foundation was of costly stones, huge stones, stones of eight and ten cubits.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The foundation was of costly stones, even large stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.

Contextual Overview

1Solomon completed his entire palace complex after thirteen years of construction. 2He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. It was one hundred fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on top of the pillars. 3It was paneled above with cedar at the top of the chambers that rested on forty-five pillars, fifteen per row. 4There were three rows of window frames, facing each other in three tiers. 5All the doors and doorposts had rectangular frames, the openings facing each other in three tiers. 6He made the hall of pillars seventy-five feet long and forty-five feet wide. A portico was in front of the pillars, and a canopy with pillars was in front of them. 7He made the Hall of the Throne where he would judge—the Hall of Judgment. It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the rafters. 8Solomon’s own palace where he would live, in the other courtyard behind the hall, was of similar construction. And he made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, his wife. 9All of these buildings were of costly stones, cut to size and sawed with saws on the inner and outer surfaces, from foundation to coping and from the outside to the great courtyard. 10The foundation was made of large, costly stones twelve and fifteen feet long.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the foundation: Isaiah 28:16, Isaiah 54:11, 1 Corinthians 3:10, 1 Corinthians 3:11, Revelation 21:19, Revelation 21:20

stones of ten cubits: Reckoning the cubit at 21 inches, the ten cubits are 17 feet and a half, and the eight cubits are 14 feet. The magnitude of these stones was certainly extraordinary; but let us hear M. Volney, and our surprise will no longer be fixed on these stones, but transferred from Solomon's house to the ruins of Balbec: "What is still more astonishing is the enormous stones which compose the sloping wall. To the west, the second layer is formed of stones which are from 28 to 35 feet long, by about 9 in height. Over this layer, at the north-west angle, there are three stones, which alone occupy a space of 175 feet and a half; viz. the first, 58 feet 7 inches; the second, 58 feet 11 inches; and the third, exactly 58 feet; and each of these is 12 feet thick. These stones are of white granite, with large shining flakes, like gypsum: there is a quarry of this kind of stone under the whole city, and another in the adjacent mountains, which is open in several places. On the right, as we approach the city, there is still lying there a stone hewn on three sides, which is 69 feet 2 inches long, 12 feet 10 inches broad, and 13 feet 3 inches in thickness.

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 7:9 - costly stones

Cross-References

Genesis 6:17
“Understand that I am bringing a flood—floodwaters on the earth to destroy every creature under heaven with the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.
Genesis 7:4
Seven days from now I will make it rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing I have made I will wipe off the face of the earth.”
Genesis 7:17
The flood continued for forty days on the earth; the water increased and lifted up the ark so that it rose above the earth.
Genesis 7:20
The mountains were covered as the water surged above them more than twenty feet.
Job 22:16
They were snatched away before their time,and their foundations were washed away by a river.
Luke 17:27
People went on eating, drinking, marrying and giving in marriage

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones,.... Of a great price, and very large:

stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits some of one measure, and some of another; not so many cubits square, but of solid measure; they were so many in length.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the 1 Kings 5:17 note.


 
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